Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 5

Many and various are the accounts given in ancient chronicles of the fortunes of Count Julian and his family; and many are the traditions on the subject still extant among the populace of Spain, and perpetuated in those countless ballads sung by peasants and muleteers, which spread a singular charm over the whole of this romantic land.

Who acts: Many accounts · What happens: be, give, perpetuate, sing, spread, chronicle · To what, where: Many accounts, ancient chronicles, many traditions, subject, countless ballads, singular charm

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Many accounts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 accounts	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 various	cc
3	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Many	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 accounts	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 accounts	det
6	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 spread	nsubj
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 accounts	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 chronicles	case
9	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 chronicles	amod
10	chronicles	chronicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 given	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 fortunes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fortunes	det
13	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 chronicles	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Julian	case
15	Count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Julian	compound
16	Julian	Julian	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 fortunes	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 family	cc
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 family	nmod:poss
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Julian	conj
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 traditions	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 traditions	cc
22	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 traditions	amod
23	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 traditions	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 traditions	det
25	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 spread	nsubj
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 subject	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 subject	det
28	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 traditions	nmod
29	still	still	ADV	_	30 extant	advmod
30	extant	extant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 subject	amod
31	among	among	ADP	_	33 populace	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 populace	det
33	populace	populace	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 extant	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 Spain	case
35	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 populace	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 perpetuated	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 perpetuated	cc
38	perpetuated	perpetuate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 traditions	acl
39	in	in	ADP	_	42 ballads	case
40	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	42 ballads	det
41	countless	countless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 ballads	amod
42	ballads	ballad	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 perpetuated	obl
43	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 ballads	acl
44	by	by	ADP	_	45 peasants	case
45	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 sung	obl
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 muleteers	cc
47	muleteers	muleteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 peasants	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 spread	punct
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 spread	nsubj
50	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 charm	det
52	singular	singular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 charm	amod
53	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 spread	obj
54	over	over	ADP	_	56 whole	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 whole	det
56	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 spread	obl
57	of	of	ADP	_	60 land	case
58	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	60 land	det
59	romantic	romantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 land	amod
60	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 whole	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	50 spread	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Many accounts			tree rules
2	give	participle		the Many accounts not said here	ancient chronicles of the fortunes of Count Julian and Spain's family		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is a	present		the many traditions	the subject		tree rules
4	perpetuate	participle		the many traditions not said here	that countless ballads		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
5	sing speech: express	participle		that countless ballads not said here		by peasants and muleteers	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by peasant=Location
6	spread	past	the Many accounts	a singular charm	the whole of this romantic land	which nsubj	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent charm=Theme over whole=Destination
7	chronicle			the fortunes of Count Julian and Spain's family			nom chronicle «communication transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 5